LATEST FISHING REPORT: Trout - Western Cape

Well it is heading towards high summer down here in the south and to be frank that seems to have arrived a month earlier than would generally be expected in terms of the fishing. The rivers seem to have shrunk rather dramatically over the past few weeks and although there are fish to be had , particularly in the waters at higher elevation and in valleys where there is a later dawn and earlier dusk it is likely that the best of the season is behind us...

December Fly of the Month - Brown soft hackle midge by Wayne Stegen

When I’m not fishing mainly Natal Fly Fishers Club waters, I spend the rest of my fishing time on one of South Africa’s finest stillwaters, Highmoor. At just over 2000m above sea level, it is wetland fed and about as pure as one could imagine. The water remains cool and crystal clear throughout the year, supporting enormous populations of tadpoles, caddis, mayfly and midge.